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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:02 PM Dec 2014

Delta baggage handler accused of smuggling guns on flights

Source: CNN

Atlanta (CNN) -- A baggage handler for Delta Air Lines moved a lot more than just luggage, authorities say -- he also helped smuggle firearms.

And his accomplice managed to board a flight with 18 guns and ammunition in his carry-on bag, an affidavit states.

Eugene Harvey, who worked for Delta at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, is accused of trafficking firearms and entering an airport area in violation of security requirements.

According to Harvey's arrest warrant affidavit, here's how the operation worked:

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/23/us/delta-employee-gun-smuggling/

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Delta baggage handler accused of smuggling guns on flights (Original Post) IDemo Dec 2014 OP

And I get the third degree while clearing security!! n/t cosmicone Dec 2014 #1

Ramp, gate agents, cleaners, supervisors... SoapBox Dec 2014 #2

That bag must have weighed a LOT. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #3

If they were all handguns, probably 20lbs or so. davepc Dec 2014 #4

Smuggling into America or out? Why smuggle in, these killing machines are available easily everywhere? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #5

cosmicone

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1. And I get the third degree while clearing security!! n/t

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:09 PM

Dec 2014

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

2. Ramp, gate agents, cleaners, supervisors...

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:42 PM

Dec 2014

Can all by pass screening with their ID's...that's the way it works. Remember the HUGE stink and trouble after an American pilot recorded all these types, using their access but no screening...who got in big trouble, the pilot. The TSA and FAA were furious with him for publicly bringing this out...and then nothing changed.

It's laughable that pilots and flight attendants are the only 2 groups that must go through screenings. This was instituted after some incident (which I now forget), that made it appear to the public like there was some real security happening. Pilots don't need a weapon.

It's mostly a farce.